"They
Sawed Up a Storm" - Background on the well attended
Presentation Aug.
29, 2006 at
Tracy Library given
by Sarah Smith, UNH Forestry Industry Specialist, about the impact of the
Hurricane of '38 on New England's forests and how a group of dedicated women
operated a sawmill on Turkey Pond in Concord, NH, to process logs salvaged
from the hurricane. Messer Pond was also used for log storage.
Many logs still remain here and occasionally float to the surface.